Synopsis
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
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Cast
- Colin FarrellStu Shepard
- Kiefer SutherlandThe Caller
- Forest WhitakerCaptain Ramey
- Radha MitchellKelly Shepard
- Katie HolmesPamela McFadden
- Paula Jai ParkerFelicia
- Arian AshCorky
- Tia TexadaAsia
- John Enos IIILeon
- Richard T. JonesSergeant Cole
- 80
Washington Post
Phone Booth is 82 New York minutes long, all of them exciting. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
The result is a movie that combines a seriousness of purpose with an impish delight in craft, in a way Hitchcock would have appreciated. - 75
New York Post
A tabloidy, nail-biting thriller. - 67
Austin Chronicle
It's a movie perfectly designed for tossing back popcorn (the jumbo kind so you don't have to leave your seat during the show); not until later do you get the empty feeling that you've swallowed an entire bucket of popped air. - 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Can't spoil the ending, except to say that it spoils itself. - 63
USA Today
Superficially gritty yet soullessly slick melodrama. - 58
Portland Oregonian
Schumacher's depictions of street life are cartoonishly ludicrous and riddled with cliches -- a pair of garish hookers, for instance, can't be excused simply because one is played with engaging vigor by Paula Jai Parker. - 50
Film Threat
The situation is suspenseful and unique enough to hold our attention for a time.